Is COVID-19 Infecting your marriage? Is your marriage surviving the COVID-19 craziness? Has all of this time together made you stronger? Or has it made you weaker? How on earth are you and your spouse doing after over 100+ days of COVID-19 living? To be clear, I am not asking if you have had COVID-19, rather […]
Marriage
Real Lovers Appreciate Their Differences
“Opposites may not always attract, but differences sustain a relationship.” John Thurman – Get a Grip on Your Relationship Workshop Take a moment and reflect on the early days of your relationship. How did you meet? Who made the first move? What were some of the things that attracted you to each other early on? […]
One Word that Can Change Your Marriage: L.I.S.T.E.N.
Do you ever lay awake at night feeling distant or disconnected in your marriage? The truth is if you keep doing what you have been doing, you are going to get the same thing. Do you want to have a more resilient, robust marriage? Do you want to begin to take some simple steps to […]
5 Practices of Successful, Resilient Couples
Learn the 5 Practices of Successful, Resilient Couples.
10 Rules for Fighting Fair
Have you ever been at a party and overheard a couple say, “Oh, we never fight!” Don’t believe them! In this article I will show you ten rules for fighting fair. Couples fight! We will be married 47 years this August, and we have had our fair share of fights. As a matter of fact, we had a […]
7 Benefits of Having Humor in Your Relationship
Cheap ways to strengthen your marriage by adding humor to your reationship. Several years ago, my wife and I had come to an impasse in our relationship. I was detached and living in my career; something men often do, and my wife was into other things. I wish I could tell you that I suggested […]
5 Valentine Shopping Tips for Men
Keeping things lite, fun, and romantic can strengthen your relationship. February is here, and we all know Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. John Thurman Men, please get your shopping done before Feb. 14. If you wait too late, the roses will be wilted, and the selection of cards and chocolates will be pretty much picked over. It seems simple enough, but how many times have we men suffered from […]
10 Ways to Have a Happy Wife
Want to have a happier wife? One of the keys to having a resilient, long-lasting marriage is to do what you can to make sure your wife feels good about your the relationship. As a man, I had no idea how ignorant I was when I first got married! Mom and dad were great examples, but […]
10 Tips for Having a Happy Husband
This is the first part of a four-part series to help you have a meaningful Valentine’s Day. In a couple of days I will publish How to Have a Happy Wife. With all the static about the Gillette commercial and the APA’s discussion about toxic masculinity, I thought this would be a great time to […]
Shades of Grey or Shades of Love – Be A Better Lover.
(c) 2015 John Thurman Shades of Grey or Shades of Love: How to be a Better Lover John Thurman M.Div., M.A., LPCC It is sometimes tough to love someone else. It is even pretty difficult to love your family. One middle-aged married man told his wife that if she loved him, she would have married […]